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Upcoming events, news, and other information for the week of
February 19 , 2008
Please consider submitting to the upcoming issue of the LSO's student-published e-zine BiblioTech. BiblioTech accepts contributions on a rolling basis. BiblioTech welcomes book reviews; reports from professional conferences; ruminations on being an info pro student; brief thoughts on current trends in information technology; teaser versions of a paper you're presenting at a conference; and more! The only limit is your imagination. Contact the BiblioTech editor at lsobibliotech@gmail.com about your submission.
Join the UA Libraries on Friday, Feb 22 to celebrate 100 years of Federal Depository Library Excellence. See below for details.
Don't forget to hold March 6 open for the ISI Samual Lazerow Memorial Lecture featuring noted author Paul Duguid. See below for time and details.
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AIS Colloquia - Indians in the House: Revisiting the Indians in SIRLS Research Brown Bag Lecture Phoenix Friends of SIRLS |
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Progressive Library Association Organizational Meeting Progressive Library Association Organizational Meeting Regular Meeting - Special Libraries Association Regular Meeting - Library Student Organization (LSO) |
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Happy Anniversary, Federal Depository Library Arizona Convocation March 8, 2008 is the date of the Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education and Museums Conference. The purpose of this conference is to provide a gathering place for librarians, information professionals, educators, museologists, and others to learn about and discuss the educational, informational, and cultural opportunities of virtual worlds. There will be a variety of presentations to attend including keynote programs by Kitty Pope, Executive Director of the Alliance Library System, Barbara Galik, Director of the Cullom-Davis Library at Bradley University, Doug McDavid from IBM, and Christy Confetti Higgins from Sun. The registration fee is $8,000L (linden dollars) or about $30 USD. For more information on and to register for the conference, visit the conference website at http://www.alliancelibraries.info/virtualworlds/ |
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.March 1, 2008 is the deadline for a number of ALA scholarship opportunities. The American Library Association (ALA) is committed to promoting and advancing the librarian profession. To demonstrate this commitment, the ALA and its units provide more than $300,000 annually for study in a master's degree in library and information studies from an ALA accredited program, or for a master's degree in school library media program that meets the ALA curriculum guidelines for a National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) accredited unit. A single application form can be used to apply for multiple scholarships. See http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=scholarships for details. March 1, 2008 is the deadline for The American Library Association’s Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies Division [ALA ASCLA] ninth annual ASCLA Century Scholarship. ASCLA Century, a $2500 award, is a diversity initiative within the ALA Scholarship Program that promotes the entry of individuals with access needs into the library and information science profession. See http://www.ala.org/ala/ascla/asclaawards/asclacentury.cfm or http://www.ala.org/ascla/centuryscholarship.html for details. March 1, 2008 is the deadline to apply for The School of Information & Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's summer seminars in Prague, Czech Republic or Oxford, England. These international summer seminars can either be taken for academic credit or on a non-credit basis.See http://sils.unc.edu/programs/international/oxford.html or http://sils.unc.edu/programs/international/prague.html. March 1, 2008: The American Philosophical Society Library offers $2,000/month residential fellowships for conducting research in its collections for 1-3 months. Outstanding historical collections include the papers of Benjamin Franklin; the American Revolution; 18th and 19th-century natural history; western scientific expeditions and travel including the journals of Lewis and Clark; polar exploration; the papers of Charles Willson Peale, his family and descendants; American Indian languages; anthropology including the papers of Franz Boas; the papers of Charles Darwin and his forerunners, colleagues, critics, and successors; history of genetics, eugenics, and evolution; history of biochemistry, physiology, and biophysics; 20th-century medical research; and history of physics. http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/resident.htm March 1, 2008: Each year the Folger Shakespeare Library awards 30 to 35 short-term (1-3 months) fellowships with a stipend of $2,000/month. The criteria for success are importance of the topic; originality and sophistication of the approach; feasibility of the research objectives; and above all the need for the Folger collection. http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=298 March 1, 2008: The Grolier Club Library in New York City is pleased to offer up to $2,500 for research in the Library's areas of strength, with emphasis on the history of antiquarian bookselling and private collecting of books and prints in the U.S., Great Britain, and Western Europe. Fellowship awards may be used to pay for travel, housing, and other expenses. A minimum research stay of 2 weeks is required, and fellows are expected to present a seminar or lecture at the Grolier Club, and submit a written report. http://www.grolierclub.org/Library.htm March 1, 2008: The Massachusetts Historical Society offers approximately 20 fellowships each year for researchers who need to use the collections to complete a major project. Advanced graduate students and university faculty in all disciplines may apply. Each fellowship provides a stipend of $1,500-$2,000 for 20 days of research in the Society's archives sometime between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009. http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/short_term.cfm March 7, 2008: The David Library of the American Revolution offers 1- to 3-month Library Resident Research Fellowships for conducting research in its collections. The Library’s resources in microfilm and print on virtually every aspect of the era of the American Revolution (1750-1800) are fully listed at its web site. The stipend is $1,600/month (plus housing). Both doctoral and post-doctoral applicants are eligible; doctoral candidates must have passed their general examinations before beginning their fellowships. http://www.dlar.org/#Research_Fellowships March 7, 2008: Two John "Bud" Velde awards of $3,000 are given annually to facilitate a period of extended individual study (usually 1 month or more) in The Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The program is open to all active scholars from graduate students to retired professors. The research strengths of the Library are manifold, from medieval to early modern studies, with particular strengths in early printing and printing history, Elizabethan life and letters, John Milton and his age, emblem studies, economic history, early science and natural history, and the papers of modern literary figures such as Carl Sandburg, H.G. Wells, William Maxwell, and W.S. Merwin. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/rbx/research_grants.htm March 15, 2008 is the deadline to apply for one of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) 2008 CALA Scholarships. Awards range from $200 to $1000. These scholarships are open to full-time students of Chinese heritage who are currently enrolled in an ALA-accredited master's or doctoral program of library and information science at an institution of higher education in North America. Visit the CALA Web Site and click on Scholarships for more information. May 8, 2008 is the deadline to apply for the University of Southern Mississippi British Studies Program LIS 580/587, British Libraries and Information Centers, in
summer 2008. Spend four weeks at Kings College in London and at the
University of Edinburgh and earn 6 hours of graduate LIS credit.
Students will experience on-site lectures by British librarians,
archivists, and curators and have time to research approved topics on April 15, 2008 is the deadline to apply for the SIRLS Digital Information Management Certificate Program. Scholarships are still available. See http://sir.arizona.edu/digin. April 15, 2008 is the deadline for student category submissions in the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Call for Papers for its annual competition. The objectives of the contest are threefold: 1) to promote scholarship among practicing law librarians and in areas of interest to the profession; 2) to provide a creative outlet for law librarians and a forum for their scholarly activities; and 3) to recognize the scholarly efforts of established members, new members, and potential members of AALL. For details, visit http://www.aallnet.org/about/award_call_for_papers.asp. June 15, 2008 is the deadline to apply for the student papers issue of DttP (Documents to the People), which is designed to showcase the talents and interests of current library school students. Papers should focus on substantive issues in government information at all levels of government (local, state, federal, international) librarianship. Style guidelines are available. DttP is a professional journal. Class papers which do not conform to editorial guidelines should be reformatted to receive consideration. Papers must be nominated and forwarded by a faculty member. |
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David Cuillier (Arizona, Journalism) presents State of Secrecy: Access to Government Information in an Age of Terror (February 13, 2008) Visit the podcast page to review audio lectures and other available recordings. Subscribe via iTunes or your favorite RSS reader. Most brown bag research lectures, some student events and SIRLS events such as graduation are presented in audio or video format. This year's podcasts are set up to stream, so you can listen or watch directly in your browser without having to wait for a lengthy download. Or, download to your mp3 player for later replay. SIRLS is also on iTunes U this year. Find out more at http://podcasting.arizona.edu/UA_on_itunesU.htm. Want to make your own podcast or video blog? SIRLS faculty and students may check out audio and video recording equipment for classes, projects or events. We have a digital audio recorder, a digital camera with some video capability, and a digital video camera with tripod. Contact Mariel Watt in the SIRLS main office for reservations (email sirls@email.arizona.edu). |
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Need additional financial assistance? The 2008 Financial Assistance for Library and Information Studies Directory is an annual directory of awards from state library agencies, national and state library associations, local libraries, academic institutions and foundations that give some form of financial assistance for undergraduate and/or graduate education programs in library and information studies. The directory is available online. |
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